American Home Life, 1880-1930

A Social History of Spaces and Services

Book NewsCollects eleven papers (based on presentations at a 1989 conference in Beaumont, Texas, sponsored by the McFaddin-Ward House museum) which focus on the ordinary aspects of domestic life the physical environment and basic functions of the home: its rooms, housekeeping practices, and residents' activities. The home is a subject jam-packed with material evidence of social attitudes and adaptations to modernity. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.